Cooper v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Larry Cooper, was tried and convicted for violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, reckless driving, driving without a license, and attempting to elude a police officer. On appeal, Cooper enumerates alleged error at a pretrial hearing on a motion to suppress as well as the trial.

Around noon on January 3, 1984, while conducting a license check in Butts County, two state troopers observed a yellow 1976 Cadillac containing three occupants approach within 300 yards of the checkpoint and then pull over to the side of the road. The troopers signalled…